AXTA vs. ICL, ALTM, ESI, CSWI, AVNT, MEOH, PRM, PCT, NGVT, and BAK
Should you be buying Axalta Coating Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Axalta Coating Systems include ICL Group (ICL), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), Element Solutions (ESI), CSW Industrials (CSWI), Avient (AVNT), Methanex (MEOH), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Ingevity (NGVT), and Braskem (BAK). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Axalta Coating Systems vs.
Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) and ICL Group (NYSE:ICL) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
Axalta Coating Systems presently has a consensus target price of $40.38, indicating a potential upside of 30.05%. ICL Group has a consensus target price of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 1.12%. Given Axalta Coating Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Axalta Coating Systems is more favorable than ICL Group.
In the previous week, Axalta Coating Systems had 3 more articles in the media than ICL Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Axalta Coating Systems and 3 mentions for ICL Group. Axalta Coating Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat ICL Group's score of 0.98 indicating that Axalta Coating Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Axalta Coating Systems has a net margin of 7.41% compared to ICL Group's net margin of 5.83%. Axalta Coating Systems' return on equity of 26.29% beat ICL Group's return on equity.
98.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.4% of ICL Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of ICL Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Axalta Coating Systems received 285 more outperform votes than ICL Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.58% of users gave Axalta Coating Systems an outperform vote while only 55.53% of users gave ICL Group an outperform vote.
Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICL Group has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ICL Group has higher revenue and earnings than Axalta Coating Systems. Axalta Coating Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICL Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Axalta Coating Systems beats ICL Group on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AXTA) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
